The exercise will take place from September 07 to 14, and will be conducted in two phases, with the harbour phase from September 7 to 10 at Visakhapatnam and the sea phase that will be from September 11 to 14 in the Bay of Bengal.

The two Sri Lankan naval ships Sayura and Sagara are Indian built Off-shore Patrol Vessels.

From the Indian side, INS Gharial, an amphibious ship, INS Kora, a missile corvette and Chetak helicopter will be participating in the war games on behalf of the Eastern Fleet.

The exercise will commence with a harbour phase during which the participating navies will engage in professional, cultural and social interactions.

The harbour phase will be followed by the sea phase which will commence on September 11.

SLINEX series of bilateral maritime exercises were initiated in 2005. Over the years they have helped the two navies to understand each other’s procedures and enhance inter-operability.

The benefits of operational interactions under the aegis of SLINEX are clearly visible as both the navies today have an improved and steadfast understanding. SLINEX 17 will further enhance the capability of the two navies to work together at sea and contribute towards maritime security in the region.

Lanka always depend on neighbours ,without them can not survive you prick. Lanka doesn’t have a knowledge to improve self-esteem from the beginning right. As I always say imitate from others never withheld forever. Lankans prone to copy things from the birth , these idiots does not have guts and knowledge . Barrowing billions of money from them and heading citizens towards hell life. As a result most of the lankan women are sex workers now a days for earing some money .